WVC 17 C- 15 - 1
§17C-15-1. Unsafe and improperly equipped vehicles; additional
parts and accessories; applicability of article to
farm and road equipment.
(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or
for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved
on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in
such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does
not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such
lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as
required in this article, or which is equipped in any manner in
violation of this article, or for any person to do any act
forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this article.

(b) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to
prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any
vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.

(c) The provisions of this article with respect to equipment
on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road
machinery, road rollers, or farm tractors except as herein made
applicable. Every farm tractor equipped with an electric lighting
system shall at all times mentioned in section two of this
article display a red tail lamp and either multiple-beam or
single-beam head lamps meeting the requirements of sections two,
twenty and twenty-two of this article, respectively.

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